Cars-themed dresser for my toddler

4 months ago by sneekee_snek_17 to c/diy

He's OBSESSED with the Cars movies, so my wife did the rest of the decorating, and I transformed his dresser.

The carcass got gloss black enamel and the drawers are the same red we used for the other walls, and i ordered knobs off ebay with individual characters on each, which he loves.

The checkered flag didn't turn out perfectly, applying that big of a piece of contact paper by yourself is pretty challenging, but I think it looks good overall. I clear coated the drawers so he can't peel the contact paper, and still need to glue down the bottom edge of the checkered flag, but overall it turned out great.

The starting point

If i were to do it again, I'd let the drawers dry longer, because one peeled a small piece of red off the top when I put them back in for the first time. Also, I really should've sanded the carcass, you can clearly see the existing brush strokes through the gloss black, and it really ruins the automotive vibes I was going for, but that's nitpicking.

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